Matsu is a group of ROC islands about 2 miles from China. They are military outposts where most people you meet are soldiers. Antonio and I took an overnight ferry to the islands and visited two of them, Nangan and Beigan.
Pictures of this parade don't do it justice. It was the noisiest parade I have ever experienced: fireworks, gongs, drums, amplified brass horns and every other noise maker you could imagine-all to drive away evil spirits and make way for the arrival of the various good gods.